The Astonishing Works of John Altoon |
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Author:
| Nye, Tim |
Contribution by:
| Creeley, Robert Hopps, Walter Wexler, Milton |
ISBN: | 978-1-58093-386-5 |
Publication Date: | May 2014 |
Publisher: | Monacelli Press, Incorporated
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Book Format: | Hardback |
List Price: | USD $75.00 |
Book Description:
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This book surveys the colorful paintings and virtuosic drawings of John Altoon, a central figure in the first flowering of postwar art in Los Angeles. Haunting and erotic, his paintings and especially his intimate drawings reproduced here capture a magical moment in postwar California.
This book surveys the colorful paintings and virtuosic drawings of John Altoon, a central figure in the first flowering of postwar art in Los Angeles. Haunting and erotic, his paintings and especially his intimate drawings reproduced here capture a magical moment in postwar California.